Manufacturing Expert Witnesses in Kentucky

This expert runs a full-service, comprehensive safety and engineering facility. As a leader in the field of mechanical engineering and safety, his goal is to increase awareness of personal safety issues, while maintaining exacting standards and best practices of the science of personal safety and industrial safety. He is a member of numerous prestigious societies in the field, including the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering and the Society of Automotive Engineers. Currently, this expert is the principal of a design engineering and safety analysis firm.

This qualified expert received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. He is a licensed Indiana Professional Engineer. He has been the recipient of 7 patents related to seat belts and safety seats, and has published 5 journal articles related to vehicle safety. Formerly, he was a Turbopump Test Engineer at Rocketdyne, a manufacturing engineer at Rolls Royce; and a R&D engineer, director of CAPE, and director of application engineering at Indiana Mills Manufacturing. Currently he is the principal engineer at a Midwestern automotive consultancy.

This expert is a Professional Engineer and possesses over 30 years of engineering experience. He specializes in Failure Analysis, Metallurgical Testing, Fatigue Testing, Welding and Brazing Qualification. Prior to founding his current professional engineering consulting firm, he was the successful owner of a mechanical testing laboratory in Cincinnati, OH. This firm was a mechanical & metallurgical testing laboratory, handling clients from the Aerospace, Medical, Materials Handling, Welding and Defense industries. He is a member of ASTM, is on the F04.25 subcommittee on medical devices and recently co-sponsored ASTM F2077 revision.

This expert has been in the crane industry since 1980. His career began in overhead crane sales, before transitioning to crane manufacturing management. Prior to his current role, he was the CEO of the Professional Crane Division at a crane manufacturer where he oversaw crane design and engineering through final production and sale. He is currently the President of a consultancy specializing in crane production and manufacturing, as well as crane operation safety.